Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
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Episodes
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One professor spread the word about Florida's declining oyster population through song
Heather O'Leary, professor of anthropology at St Petersburg's University of South Florida, sets the story of Florida's declining oyster population to music.
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Literary center named for author Larry McMurtry honors hometown son
A literary center in Archer City, a tiny ranching town in Texas, keeps alive the legacy of famed Western author Larry McMurtry.
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'The Long Walk' brings Stephen King's first novel to the movies
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with director Francis Lawrence about adapting Stephen King's first completed novel "The Long Walk" into a film, six decades since the story was written.
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The artist known as sombr discusses his new album, growing up in New York and more
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Shane Michael Boose, who performs as "sombr," about his new album, "I Barely Know Her."
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Sunday Puzzle: Common denominator
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz along with listener Cynthia Rose of Littleton, Colorado.
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LA's booming gothicumbia scene mixes goth counterculture and traditional cumbia music
The booming gothicumbia scene in Los Angeles mashes together goth counterculture with traditional Latin American cumbia music.
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Politics chat: Trump's plans for Chicago, spending bill rebrand, redistricting fight
We take a look at President Trump's plan to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, the rebranding of his mega spending bill, and the latest on the redistricting fight.
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Palestinian statehood will be up for debate at the UNGA, with no Palestinian official
We look at what the U.S. block on Palestinian officials from attending the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting this month could mean for Palestinian statehood.
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Sunday Puzzle: Plus one
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Israel orders the around 1 million Palestinians living in Gaza City to evacuate
Israel plans to seize Gaza City and is telling civilians to move south. The International Red Cross says forcing the population out is unsafe.
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A new artifact at the civil rights museum in Mississippi tells Emmett Till's story
70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, the state of Mississippi is embracing Till's story as the federal government flinches from showcasing painful moments of America's racial history.
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Congress returns from recess, with a month-end government shutdown looming
Lawmakers return to Congress this week from their August recess. They face a long to-do list, with the risk of a government shutdown looming.